In what has become a University of Kentucky Commencement tradition, two students have been selected to serve as speakers for the UK December Commencement ceremonies this Friday, Dec. 15. Because doctoral, master's and baccalaureate degree recipients are now recognized together based on their colleges, the selection committee accepted applications from students with all degree types, not just undergraduate students as in past years.
University of Kentucky senior linebacker Courtney Love was named the winner of the 2017 Wuerffel Trophy, an award that honors college football’s top community servant, it was announced Tuesday at the National Football Foundation’s press conference at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel in New York.
The campus community will have the opportunity to engage with the two finalists for University of Kentucky’s next provost at forums Thursday, Dec. 7, and Friday, Dec. 8.
UK Professors Recognized As Top 1 Percent of Prolific Scholars In Communication Studies and Research
Three faculty members in the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information have been recognized as being in the top 1 percent of prolific scholars in communication studies and scholarly research productivity.
Phil Lynch, vice president and director of corporate communications at Brown-Forman, will deliver the 2017 James C. Bowling Executive-in-Residence Lecture at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics' Kincaid Auditorium.
University of Kentucky Libraries is now accepting proposals for the 2018-19 Alternative Textbook Grant Program, which aims to encourage UK faculty to adopt open access textbooks or to create original learning materials for their courses. Faculty may apply for one of 10 grants of up to $1,500 each to implement curriculum change required for using an alternative textbook or to produce the content of an alternative textbook.
As is customary at the University of Kentucky, two students will be selected to speak at the December 2017 Commencement ceremonies, which will take place at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, at Rupp Arena.
Kyra Hunting, assistant professor of media arts and studies at the University of Kentucky, has been selected to participate in the Television Academy Foundation’s 2017 Faculty Seminar Program. Members of the Television Academy selected just 25 professors from colleges and universities nationwide for the annual program.
The Vietnam conflict may just be a unit in a history class to many college students, but its impact still reverberates in 2017.